The Tough Guy Hides the Villainess

059 – The Room You Can’t Leave Unless You Do #4

059 – The Room You Can’t Leave Unless You Do #4

Jeonsomi and Janghyuna were locked in a room together.

How many hours had passed?

They knocked on the walls and shouted here and there, but there was no response.

“Crazy b*stards, locking up their seniors? If I get out, they’re all dead.”

Jeonsomi cursed at Hanamjin and Baekyeoul, almost like a curse.

But Janghyuna scolded Jeonsomi.

“Calm down. Don’t waste your energy. You never know how to stay quiet when there’s a problem.”

“What? What did you just say? What did I do?”

Jeonsomi, who was already in a bad mood, couldn’t hold back.

It didn’t take long for the complaints she had built up about Janghyuna all day to burst out.

“Hey, if you think about it, isn’t this partly your fault? This all happened because you handed over the team leader position to Han Nam-jin for no reason. If you leave, you better take responsibility. I’m going to tell Ja-hyun everything that happened today.”

“Pfft.”

“Are you laughing? Hey, did you just laugh? You’re mocking me, aren’t you!”

“No, I’m not mocking you. I just remembered a funny story. You know I laugh by myself sometimes, right? Pfft-.”

“What the heck, out of nowhere? No wonder you’re not popular with guys. What kind of outdated four-dimensional concept is this? It’s way out of fashion!”

Jeon Somi was just annoyed by the whole situation.

She felt like she had to scratch Jang Hyun-ah with her nails to feel better, but Jang Hyun-ah was also getting angry from listening to Somi’s constant complaints.

“Must be nice to be popular with guys? But you can’t even date them for long and break up quickly. Isn’t it because they all get tired of you?”

“What the heck, you crazy dirt spoon! The one who got tired quickly was your dad! Didn’t he get tired of you and your mom and leave?”

“Did you say everything…!?”

Bringing up her father, Jang Hyun-ah felt her patience reach its limit.

She knew that Jeon Somi subtly looked down on her and treated her like a maid.

It was funny.

How dare she look down on her.

“Why do you act like you know everything when you don’t? Have you ever spent the night out with Ja-hyun? No, right? Then has Ja-hyun ever confided a secret to you? Do you even know what Class 0 “Are there files?”

“W-what….”

Caught off guard by the unexpected attack, Jeon Somi was stunned. Jang Hyun-ah felt great joy in revealing information only she knew to Somi.

It felt like the blockage in her chest was melting away.

“Jeon Somi, get a grip on yourself. Control your temper and stop blabbering about everything. That’s why Ja-hyun gets tired of you so quickly.”

“Ugh….”

“Ja-hyun told me. He said you’re pretty, but when he actually meets you, you’re so empty-headed that it’s no fun at all. If you want to be a chaebol’s daughter-in-law, you should “build some culture, don’t you think?”

Extroverted Jeon Somi preferred showing off, hanging out with friends, drinking, and partying over reading books or building culture.

Even though she was an Awakener, she was just a twenty-year-old rookie in society, so it was natural for her to enjoy the present.

‘Wang Ja-hyun, you said you liked me like this. You said it was so fun playing with me that you forgot all your worries!’

While Jeon Somi was thinking that and feeling sad, Jang Hyun-ah was thinking about Wang Ja-hyun.

─Hyun-ah, I like that you treat me like an ordinary guy. Most girls are so obvious about trying to impress me that it’s no fun.

─I’ve never been interested in dating. And you haven’t even graduated from school yet, so what guy? I’m older than you. Call me noona.

The two quickly became close.

As time passed, Wang Ja-hyun started confiding in Jang Hyun-ah.

─My father entrusted me with Class 0 confidential files, not my brothers or sisters. He said there are many things I need to know if I’m to inherit the throne someday.

He was always pretending to be strong, hiding behind an extroverted shell, but at that moment, Ja-hyun Wang was trembling and looked terrified.

“Honestly, I wasn’t interested in dating, but seeing her struggling, some protective instinct kicked in. It was last Christmas.”

“Last Christmas…!?”

Jeon Somi recalled Ja-hyun Wang, who had told her he couldn’t meet her on Christmas because of a family meeting with the Jeongwang Group.

‘It was a lie!’

She couldn’t accept it.

Ja-hyun Wang and Hyun-ah Jang.

She was furious at the fact that the two had betrayed her.

It was right then.

Creak-.

The long-closed door seemed to open, and Nam-jin Ha appeared.

“Okay, that’s enough. Now tell me what those Class 0 files are. Just so you know, if you mess around, you’ll all be trapped here. I can turn this place into a ‘Room You Can’t Leave Without Doing Something’.”

# # #

Late afternoon.

I re-entered the “Great Labyrinth” of Yeongsa High School.

“Our team’s seniors are still inside the labyrinth. Hyun-ah Jang and Somi Jeon. Neither of them has an exit record yet, right? I need to meet them to give them some triangular kimbap.”

The labyrinth entry and exit management staff let me pass without suspicion!

As I approached the “Fairy Princess’s Room,” I heard murmuring voices from beyond the cold stone door.

Pressing my ear to the stone wall, I could clearly hear Hyun-ah Jang and Somi Jeon arguing. I also got the keyword I wanted.

“Class 0 Confidential Files.”

The secret about Jeongwang was known not by Somi Jeon, but by Hyun-ah Jang.

“You’ve all had a hard time being trapped. I brought drinks and triangular kimbap, so let’s share.”

“Give it here!”

Whoosh-!

Like a fierce weasel, Somi Jeon snatched the cola from my hand. She opened the can with a hiss and gulped down the cola in one go.

She didn’t leave any for Hyun-ah Jang.

“Hey, why did you drink it all by yourself?”

Hyun-ah Jang asked Somi Jeon accusingly, but Somi Jeon just burped loudly in response. It seemed like they would start fighting again, so I decided to intervene first.

“Hyun-ah Jang, if you know anything about the ‘Class 0 Files’ you mentioned, you need to tell me.”

“Why should I tell you that?”

“Otherwise, you’ll be stuck here with Jeon Som forever. Why should you suffer such humiliation because of Wang Ja-hyun? You don’t have that kind of loyalty, do you?”

“Loyalty, pfft. That’s funny. We love each other.”

Love is good.

I liked love too.

The reason I’m doing this now is all because of my love for Seo Ga-eul.

So, how about this?

I took a photo out of my pocket and threw it on the floor.

“Wang Ja-hyun, that guy is amazing. Maybe it’s because he’s as handsome as me, but he’s very popular with women. Celebrities, internet broadcasters, Olympic medalists, he didn’t discriminate.”

These were photos that the Seonam Group’s newspaper was going to cover last week.

It was a picture of numerous women and a male student in a school uniform, which Jin Ramen’s sister had received from Chairman Seo Do-cheol and passed on to me.

“This, this is….”

“Wang Ja-hyun, that b*stard! He said he cut off contact with other women and was only seeing me!”

The faces of Jang Hyun-ah and Jeon Som, who were watching, turned red and then eventually turned blue. The change was quite amusing.

“By the way, there is a woman who can truly be called his ‘girlfriend.’ “The only woman Wang Ja-hyun invited to his house is this one.”

Flap-.

I took out a photo from my chest.

Soon, the women’s reactions became noisy.

“…Ja-hyun invited her to his house?”

“He, he told me that his parents and family were all there, so I could never come in! Give me that photo!”

Jeon Som lunged at me.

As expected, a strange thing happened the moment I raised my hand to slap her.

Slip-.

My palm brushed past Jeon Som’s cheek. It was close to brushing past something very slippery. Was it thanks to Jeon Som’s concept of “slipperiness”?

Jeon Som, who snatched the photo from my hand, shouted.

“This, this woman is Jin Eun-byul! From the Samjin Group!”

The Samjin Group was the number one company in the business world before the Seonam Group emerged ten years ago.

In other words, it was a strong player from the old era when there were no concepts like ‘awakeners.’

And Jin Eun-byul was the daughter of the vice chairman of such a Samjin Group. To say something special about her, could she be called the goddaughter or niece of the current president?

“In the end, birds of a feather flock together. No matter how much crayfish and crabs crawl in the ditch, cranes meet cranes. To Wang Ja-hyun, you were all just a pastime.”

“Not me. I’m the only one who knows about the ‘Class 0 File.'”

Jang Hyun-ah, with a hardened expression as if she were being stubborn.

I asked her.

“So, do you know exactly what that content is?”

“… … .”

She doesn’t know. I had a feeling that would be the case.

It seems extracting useful information is a no-go, so let’s move to Operation B.

“Cooperate with me. I actually just need to meet Wang Jae-hyun, the prime suspect in Seo Ga-eul’s kidnapping. Give me a chance to approach him naturally.”

Jeon Som-i and Jang Hyun-ah were at least in the position of Wang Jae-hyun’s mistress.

Even if they weren’t glamorous, they held the key to getting close to him. It might not be a fancy car key, but they could probably manage a bicycle lock.

Thus, I would ride the bicycle they provided to smoothly approach Wang Jae-hyun, uncover the secrets of the emperor, and hand them over to Seo Do-cheol.

“… Why should we cooperate?”

However, Jang Hyun-ah was still being stubborn.

It seemed she didn’t understand her situation.

On the other hand, model Jeon Som-i seemed quicker to calculate.

“II can help! Wang Jae-hyun and Jin Eun-byul? I won’t let those b*stards be! Playing with my purity? I will take revenge! Revenge! Nam Jin-ah! “I will cooperate!”

“Okay. Then only the model will leave this room. We don’t need two helpers. So, Jeon Som-i, you’ll also take care of Jang Hyun-ah. By the way, I’m thinking of keeping her locked up in this room for about six months.”

I can let her out just before the world ends.

However, Jang Hyun-ah seemed greatly flustered.

“Are you crazy? Locking someone up for six months? That’s kidnapping and a crime! Do you want to go to jail? Will people just sit still if I disappear?”

“They probably will. The world is still turning just fine even though Seo Ga-eul and Yoo Yeo-reum have disappeared, right? And look into my eyes. Do I seem like someone who just makes empty threats?”

I looked at Jang Hyun-ah with passion and love.

Feeling some sincerity in my eyes, Jang Hyun-ah shouted at Jeon Som-i with a tense expression.

“Hey! Jeon Som-i! You don’t have to listen to this guy!”

“Shut up, you crazy b*tch! You’re the same! If you’re so confident, why don’t you take your vibrating punch and challenge Han Nam-jin to a fight!? You’re just a coward who doesn’t even have the guts to step up!”

Jeon Som-i seemed to have made up her mind.

Alright, securing a pawn.

“… A coward? Me?”

Vroom-.

Jang Hyun-ah’s vibrating fist.

Is she thinking of charging at me like a madwoman?

Desired Sea.

“If you want to charge at me, then come at me. By the way, have you heard of Han Nam-jin from the academy? All the men who have charged at me have ended up with their eggs scrambled, so what do you think I’ll do to a woman? If you’re curious, then come at me.”

“… … .”

「Name: Jang Hyun-ah

Possession: 《Vibration Lv.3》 – Can produce vibrations as precise as construction site machinery.

Status: 《Hyper-tension》 – Feels that things are turning against her. She is experiencing fear from the chaos and uncertainty lurking within her, and is extremely stressed by her inability to control the situation.”

“… Alright! I got it. I’ll help you. All I need to do is assist with the approach, right? Han Nam-jin, I’m not yielding because of your threats. I’m doing this of my own will. I’ll do it. But leave Jeon Somi out of it. She has no talent for anything. “She just messes things up.”

“What are you saying, you crazy girl!” Just stay trapped here!”

Jang Hyun-ah had changed her mind and was now saying she would cooperate, while Jeon Somi was entangled in a fight again.

I clapped my hands to gather everyone’s attention.

“From now on, this is a room where you can only leave after apologizing. Sincerely apologize for the mistakes you’ve done to me and Baek Yeo-ul. I’ll let the one who feels more ‘sincerity’ go.”

I raised my phone camera and started recording a video.

“As you demanded earlier, do a naked dogeza in front of the camera.”